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ERNIEQwen

Compare AI products	ERNIE Visit Site	Qwen Visit Site
Rating	9.0	9.5
Category	Chat models	Chat models
Vendor	Baidu	Alibaba / Alibaba Cloud
Started	2019	2023
Region	China	China
China availability	Works in China	Works in China
Pricing tier	Free tier	Free tier
Current flagship	ERNIE 4.0 Turbo	Qwen2.5-Max / Qwen2.5-Coder
Open source	No	Yes
Self-hostable	No	Yes
Capability tags	Strong ChineseEnterprise readyCited search	Strong ChineseMultimodalLow costCoding
Latest release	Jun 2024 · ERNIE 4.0 Turbo	Sep 2026 · Qwen3.8 Max / Flash-Next
Notes	—	Full open-weight range from 0.5B to MoE
Strengths	Deep integration with Baidu's search index and Chinese knowledge graph for reliable entity retrieval Mature enterprise deployments, Qianfan platform, and proven industrial track record in China	Qwen 2.5-Max tops domestic Arena; rock-solid instruction following and Chinese nuance Full-spectrum open weights (0.5B to 72B & MoE) with top Coder variant for private hosting
Caveats	Developer community affinity and open-source flexibility are relatively limited	Web consumer UI is utilitarian; advanced tooling relies heavily on DashScope

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